A sweet group of Pheasant’s Eye Narcissi. So nice, I typed it twice 🙂 via Pheasant’s Eye Narcissi — The Lantern Room
Of pussywillows & daffodils
Spring Jewels: daffodils
This Is The Time Of Year We Look Forward To — The Art Of Monteque
Jannie Vaught Most of the stone fruit trees are budding and many in flower. The Blue Bonnets are showing with their bright blue sparkles. I didn’t realize how color hungry I had become, then the first flowers and the Bonnets show and I think I’ve been living in black and white. I have 2 subjects […] …
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In a Vase on Monday: White ‘n’ Blue — Rambling in the Garden
I mentioned to Christina during the week that the only blues blooming in the garden at the moment were a few Anemone blanda; however, rambling to find material for today’s vase has not only proved me wrong but shows that I don’t know my garden as intimately as I thought I did! However, as the […] …
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Heyrick Greatorex: The Founding Father Of Snowdrop Breeders — Susan Rushton
Heyrick Greatorex, our first known snowdrop breeder, was responsible for a series of hybrids known as the Greatorex doubles. Unlike the common, bee-made, short, dumpling-style nivalis doubles, Greatorex’s doubles dangle large, skirted flowers from tall scapes. Introduced during the 1940s and 50s (Heyrick Greatorex died in 1954), their vigour has carried most of them through […] …
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Spring is coming… right?
We've had so much snow and cold temps lately that I'm wondering if I'll see greenery or flowers before June. In an effort to hasten Spring's much anticipated arrival, I thought a few sentinels of Spring were in order! The perfume wafting through the livingroom from the hyacinth plant is intoxicating!
Wordless Wednesday: Just a Little Bit More Sun Will Do It — Rambling in the Garden
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WATER BUTTONS, BUTTONWEED (Cotula coronophifolia) — LIVING WITH NATURE (in and around Melbourne, Australia)
Water Buttons are a native of South Africa, but naturalised in all Australian states and New Zealand. These hairless, low-growing, perennial herbs flower in Winter and Spring and grow on a range of soils from sandy loam to clay, but are restricted to wet soils that are periodically flooded according to Mr Google. They generally […] …
VINE: Gelsemium sempervirens (Carolina Jessamine) — Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic The fragrant yellow bells of Carolina Jessamine vine are a sure sign of spring. via VINE: Gelsemium sempervirens (Carolina Jessamine) — Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
The Northern Herper 
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